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i adhered to the u.s. constitution. rep. ron paul was giving his retirement speech and to his credit, to his credit -- to me makes a lot of sense. i believe him when he says our liberties are being weakened. i am so sorry that they tried to discredit him. he makes a lot of sense. he bases his thinking on the founding fathers and their intentions. i am not very clear of the fiscal cliff. i understand that we are in trouble. the middle east situation that is going on is a can of worms. with our economic downturn, i am not so sure about that yet. even things like that mortgages, which is true. >> are you working? caller: i am unemployed, but i do? taxes. i stopped getting it in march of last year because of my health issues. >> unemployment is going to end, that is one of the expiring provisions. new castle, pa.. democratic line, jeanne. >> my main comments, i think that the problems, one of the main problems is the grover norquist pledge that the officials, mainly republicans, have taken. it should be deemed unconstitutional.
i adhered to the u.s. constitution. rep. ron paul was giving his retirement speech and to his credit, to his credit -- to me makes a lot of sense. i believe him when he says our liberties are being weakened. i am so sorry that they tried to discredit him. he makes a lot of sense. he bases his thinking on the founding fathers and their intentions. i am not very clear of the fiscal cliff. i understand that we are in trouble. the middle east situation that is going on is a can of worms. with our...
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u.s. share for 1997-2002. this is about half an hour. >> you hear so often people making the comment that congress is broken today,>> as you exit the institution how would you say it stated? >> it has changed a great deal. it is not the same as when i came 1983. there seemed to be more comedy. tip o'neill was speaker. i will never forget he was the first time he was on the floor raising cane with democrats. he had someone take his place and he came down and started giving me the dickens. after that we became very good friends and played golf together. michael was a wonderful leader. there was a spirit of camaraderie even though we had differences politically then that we do not have now. now it is much more combative. i have a lot of friends on the democratic side of the aisle, very good friends. as far as working things out is not as easy as it used to be. >> what are some of the root causes? >> i think and i am not pointing fingers, when we went after jim wright, newt was the speaker and jim was forced out o
u.s. share for 1997-2002. this is about half an hour. >> you hear so often people making the comment that congress is broken today,>> as you exit the institution how would you say it stated? >> it has changed a great deal. it is not the same as when i came 1983. there seemed to be more comedy. tip o'neill was speaker. i will never forget he was the first time he was on the floor raising cane with democrats. he had someone take his place and he came down and started giving me...
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the u.s. friday. obviously what the administration has been doing is not enough for the hearts and minds of the syrian people. >> we are way over time. i want to thank everyone for coming and that speakers for sharing their personal insight. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> on "newsmakers" the incoming republican conference chairman looks at the so-called fiscal cliff and how republicans and democrats could come to an agreement. she also talks about republican priorities for the next congress. tomorrow at 10:00 and 6:00 eastern on c-span. >> my inspiration was the idea i wanted to to explain how totalitarianism happens. we do know the story of the cold war. we know the documents we have seen, the archives that described relationships. roosevelt and stalin and truman. we know the main events from our point of view. what i wanted to do was show from a different angle, the ground up, what did
the u.s. friday. obviously what the administration has been doing is not enough for the hearts and minds of the syrian people. >> we are way over time. i want to thank everyone for coming and that speakers for sharing their personal insight. thank you. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> on "newsmakers" the incoming republican conference chairman looks at the so-called fiscal cliff...
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he says the u.s. and israel are on the same page. do you accept u.s. policy as a guarantee in this issue that you need not worry about iran getting a nuclear weapon because the u.s. is determined to prevent it from happening. >> let's think about syria. >> we will get to syria next. >> -- not able to exist without iranian assistance. the i iranians cannot exist without as the law, hamas and jihad. you see all terrorist activity in afghanistan and in iraq. you see more and more iranian activity. iran is a real global threat, not only for israel. if you go to the gulf, they will never speak with you about the palestinian issue them day they will speak with you about the iranian issue. it is not only israel and the they're crazy, radical views. they understand the biggest threat and the biggest challenge is iran. i think it must be clear. if i iranians achieve nuclear capabilities, the first results will be a crazy nuclear arms race in the middle east. you can imagine the movies in hollywood. we understand what the future is in this case. the iranians and
he says the u.s. and israel are on the same page. do you accept u.s. policy as a guarantee in this issue that you need not worry about iran getting a nuclear weapon because the u.s. is determined to prevent it from happening. >> let's think about syria. >> we will get to syria next. >> -- not able to exist without iranian assistance. the i iranians cannot exist without as the law, hamas and jihad. you see all terrorist activity in afghanistan and in iraq. you see more and more...
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almost 1 million u.s. jobs depend on the exports of goods and services to china, and at the same time millions of jobs in china dependent exports of chinese-made products to the united states, so all economies are intertwined, and american and chinese leaders know that. so, we have to figure out how we can get along, not only because of our own economic self interest, but because the history of the asia-pacific region will be written by the united states and china, and as i told the students upstairs and to so many people as ambassador, so many of the problems facing the world will only be solved with the united states and china collaborating together. some of the issues cannot be solved by just the united states or china and they will require the active participation of both, and the world is looking for leadership from both. we have to get this relationship right. rhetoric alone will not work. you have to be able to demonstrate cooperation that brings real results for real people in both countries and, i
almost 1 million u.s. jobs depend on the exports of goods and services to china, and at the same time millions of jobs in china dependent exports of chinese-made products to the united states, so all economies are intertwined, and american and chinese leaders know that. so, we have to figure out how we can get along, not only because of our own economic self interest, but because the history of the asia-pacific region will be written by the united states and china, and as i told the students...
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what are the u.s.'s interest that i believe the primary interest should be to support local and regional efforts. for it to trade the enabling those of congo. th grow, more in the conro, to the interest of 70 million people. this a great force and minerals, making it a strategic effort to address of food security and generate sources of energy. despite the potential, they live below the poverty line. many live in fear including the m23 rebels and rebels who are on the exclusion list. tackling these forces is a necessary condition to achieve sustainable peace and addressing the evolving situation, an urgent priority has to be resolving the current crisis of the movements of m23 with an understanding that it is this has to do with governance and national integration. precursor signed a treaty with the democratic of kong grow on the 23rd of march that established them as a political party. many were integrated into the country's armed forces. the units were reviewed as both capable and highly motivated to
what are the u.s.'s interest that i believe the primary interest should be to support local and regional efforts. for it to trade the enabling those of congo. th grow, more in the conro, to the interest of 70 million people. this a great force and minerals, making it a strategic effort to address of food security and generate sources of energy. despite the potential, they live below the poverty line. many live in fear including the m23 rebels and rebels who are on the exclusion list. tackling...
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it directly implicates u.s. national security interests, and that is the real explanation of why for americans lost their lives in benghazi. a pattern of violent activity in eastern libya was well- documented for the entire year leading up to the attacks of september 11, 2012, and yet the administration did too little to support our libyan partners who were grateful for america's help in the fight for liberation who elected a pro-american government in july, who sought greater u.s. assistance to treat their wounded, train their national security forces come to secure their borders, build their democratic institutions, and expand the rule of law. libyans did not want al qaeda militias running amok in large parts of the country. that is the reality we now face. this is the broader failure of the administration's so-called life footprint approach toward libya. regardless of whom the president nominates to serve in his cabinet, we will continue to ask these questions and demand answers and accountability. >> keep. i
it directly implicates u.s. national security interests, and that is the real explanation of why for americans lost their lives in benghazi. a pattern of violent activity in eastern libya was well- documented for the entire year leading up to the attacks of september 11, 2012, and yet the administration did too little to support our libyan partners who were grateful for america's help in the fight for liberation who elected a pro-american government in july, who sought greater u.s. assistance...
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the u.s. government is addressing this situation. department of defense is extremely concerned about instability in mali and is working closely with our partners to strengthen efforts like countering aqim as well as supporting tofertse restore its territorial sovereignty. our approach is to isolate the trets threat and to degrade aqim while working to restore sovereign tifment as a result of the coup in mali, d.o.d. has ceased capacity building efforts with the military. since january 2012, nonch primarily groups have waged a rebel ynt driven by long standing griveances. this is the fourth such rebel ynt since 1960s. and although not caught, in libyas the flows has strengthened the rebellion and made it more difficult to combat this time. in late march the president was overthrown by forces loyal to the captain who instaud stalled a junta government. sanctions were imposed. the captain continues to influnings decision making. northern no malli has become a safe haven. as the government of mall
the u.s. government is addressing this situation. department of defense is extremely concerned about instability in mali and is working closely with our partners to strengthen efforts like countering aqim as well as supporting tofertse restore its territorial sovereignty. our approach is to isolate the trets threat and to degrade aqim while working to restore sovereign tifment as a result of the coup in mali, d.o.d. has ceased capacity building efforts with the military. since january 2012,...
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assets for u.s. purposes. it makes no sense for coup nasa spend billions on technological development. some available technology may have to be modified. the bulk of the costs can be shared. nasa's basic role must be to do projects that pushed the envelope of what we know. high risk leads to new technologies. that combination of risk and reward will underpin the next generation of space knowledge and products. space and technology leadership requires a much broader view of the space community that has been traditional. if nasa is to have the resources it needs to maintain a preeminent role, it must expand its funding base in the reaching beyond the appropriation process on capitol hill. i say that letter point with all due respect. no federal budget in the foreseeable future is going to provide nasa with the money it needs to do everything we wanted to do. nasa must see entrepreneurship and in a blunt as key components of its science technology and exploration program. -- enablement as key components of its sc
assets for u.s. purposes. it makes no sense for coup nasa spend billions on technological development. some available technology may have to be modified. the bulk of the costs can be shared. nasa's basic role must be to do projects that pushed the envelope of what we know. high risk leads to new technologies. that combination of risk and reward will underpin the next generation of space knowledge and products. space and technology leadership requires a much broader view of the space community...
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schools from u.s. workforces together that is a skills compact i think the country could easily get behind and support. and so i think that is highly important as we think of the skills issue going forward. and i think some of the issues i heard talked about before are critical to that as well. what are we doing in the pipeline? what are we doing from the earliest ages to make sure underrepresented groups are taking to science? why do we have the dropoff at middle school around young women? what are our long-term strategies? so we have to attack this on all silledders we have to have an all the above strategy. butwhile we're doing the long-term strategy to have a greater supply of stem workers and high skilled workers we should not take our eye off what queck dot do in the short terms. one of the most powerful was the idea that you could have a significant effect on the number of workers we have if you just ensured that you had a higher graduation rate among those who declared a stem major in their fre
schools from u.s. workforces together that is a skills compact i think the country could easily get behind and support. and so i think that is highly important as we think of the skills issue going forward. and i think some of the issues i heard talked about before are critical to that as well. what are we doing in the pipeline? what are we doing from the earliest ages to make sure underrepresented groups are taking to science? why do we have the dropoff at middle school around young women?...
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joe baca is a lifelong public servant, a paratrooper in the u.s. army, look at this, the 101st airborne and the 82nd airborne divisions. he served california state legislature. he made his mark standing firm against harmful and an ty immigrant measures and leading -- anti-immigrant measures and leading on food stamps. it's fraught with meaning. a lot of work and leadership he put into it in the farm bill. joe baca came from humble beginnings, yet his accomplishments are truly significant. the list goes on and on of our colleagues that congresswoman eshoo mentioned. all of these members, public service has been a calling, a cause and a core facet of their character. california has been proud to have them as our representatives in congress. for those of us who served with them, it's an honor for each of us to call you colleagues. for some of us, a very, very special honor to be considered your friend. we all wish you -- we each wish of you much success in the years ahead. we look forward to coming -- continuing our work together on behalf of our grea
joe baca is a lifelong public servant, a paratrooper in the u.s. army, look at this, the 101st airborne and the 82nd airborne divisions. he served california state legislature. he made his mark standing firm against harmful and an ty immigrant measures and leading -- anti-immigrant measures and leading on food stamps. it's fraught with meaning. a lot of work and leadership he put into it in the farm bill. joe baca came from humble beginnings, yet his accomplishments are truly significant. the...
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i am with the u.s. capitol historical society, and i have the honor tonight of introducing three gentlemen who actually need no introduction, because i know you people are very much aware of the highlights of their career and quite knowledgeable about the senate and the congress, so i am going to dispense with that, and, of course, each one of them had some leadership positions in our nation's foreign policy as members of the foreign relations committee, and we will hear about some tonight. i also did a little research myself and found that all of them have also written books. in fact, some have written more than one book, so instead of me giving you the usual, canned introduction, i thought i would let their own words in their own writing introduce them. i start with john kerry. he came by his interest in foreign affairs as the son of an american diplomat, as well as his own experiences in vietnam. in his book "a call to service," , kerr -- service," senator kerry talks about being a brat. being overse
i am with the u.s. capitol historical society, and i have the honor tonight of introducing three gentlemen who actually need no introduction, because i know you people are very much aware of the highlights of their career and quite knowledgeable about the senate and the congress, so i am going to dispense with that, and, of course, each one of them had some leadership positions in our nation's foreign policy as members of the foreign relations committee, and we will hear about some tonight. i...